cmake error when generate NMake Makefiles

Question

my system is windows, installed Visual Studio 2010 and cmake-3.4.1. I want to use follow commands to generate NMake Makefiles:

SET PATH=D:\Program Files\CMake\bin;D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin;D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE
SET LIB=D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Lib
cmake -G"NMake Makefiles" ..

then, error appears:

-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 16.0.30319.1
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 16.0.30319.1
-- Check for working C compiler: D:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
-- Check for working C compiler: D:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- broken
CMake Error at D:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.4/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:61 (message):
  The C compiler "D:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio
  10.0/VC/bin/cl.exe" is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

   Change Dir: F:/codeing/ng/code/eclipse/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp



  Run Build Command:"nmake" "/NOLOGO" "cmTC_380fe\fast"

        "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f
  CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\build.make /nologo -L
  CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\build

  Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_380fe.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj

        D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\cl.exe
  @C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nm7733.tmp

  testCCompiler.c

  Linking C executable cmTC_380fe.exe

        "D:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe
  --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir --manifests --
  D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\link.exe /nologo
  @CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\objects1.rsp
  @C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nm787C.tmp

  鍙傛暟閿欒銆俁C Pass 1 failed to run.

  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: “"D:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"”:
  返回代码“0xffffffff”

  Stop.

  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: “"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
  10.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe"”: 返回代码“0x2”

  Stop.





  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:3 (PROJECT)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "F:/codeing/ng/code/eclipse/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "F:/codeing/ng/code/eclipse/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

I check file CMakeError.log , contents as follow:

Determining if the C compiler works failed with the following output:
Change Dir: F:/codeing/ng/code/eclipse/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:"nmake" "/NOLOGO" "cmTC_380fe\fast"
    "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\build.make /nologo -L                  CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\build

Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_380fe.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj

    D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\cl.exe  @C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nm7733.tmp

testCCompiler.c

Linking C executable cmTC_380fe.exe

    "D:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E vs_link_exe --intdir=CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir --manifests  -- D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\VC\bin\link.exe /nologo @CMakeFiles\cmTC_380fe.dir\objects1.rsp @C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\nm787C.tmp

鍙傛暟閿欒銆俁C Pass 1 failed to run.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: “"D:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"”: 返回代码“0xffffffff”

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: “"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe"”: 返回代码“0x2”

Stop.

infact, I found that CMakeCCompilerId.exe and CMakeCXXCompilerId.exe were already generated(in..\CMakeFiles\3.4.1\CompilerIdC\ and ..\CMakeFiles\3.4.1\CompilerIdCXX\ directories), why cmake still fail? how to solve this problem?

Unsure that many readers can undestand hieroglyphs in the error message. Is it The parameter is incorrectRC Pass 1 failed to run.? Like in that question: stackoverflow.com/questions/33816778/…. — Tsyvarev
You SHOULD run cmake FROM the target environment, which is setup all required environment variables not only PATH and LIB. This question is related to stackoverflow.com/questions/20887849/… The only difference in your question that you've set some incomplete environment manually. — Sergei Nikulov
thank you,@Tsyvarev,@Sergei Nikulov, I solved this problem by flowing: 1.before run cmake, I delete SET PATH=...and SET LIB=... 2.then instead of "%comspec% /k ""D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86", 3.finally,run cmake, it does work!! — xu_wei_jiang

Van Son Van Son · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-27T06:34:25

config vcvarsall.bat in system path,like below:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build

config nmake.exe in system path,like below:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual

Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.22.27905\bin\Hostx64\x64\

then cmd in the project directory,

vcvarsall x64，

cmake . -G "NMake Makefiles"，

have a try,good luck.

cmake error when generate NMake Makefiles

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